Death Comes for the Archbishop Resources

We decided for May this year that we wanted to read a classic and the title we have chosen is

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather.

If you're interested in learning more about the author before we meet (TUESDAY, May 29) here are some links to sites about Willa Cather:
The Willa Cather Archive from University of Nebraska-Lincoln
A.S. Byatt (author of Possession) article in the Guardian
Domestic Goddesses - A page dedicated to women writers of domestic fiction
The Cather Foundation - Non-profit dedicated to preserving and promoting understanding and appreciation of Willa Cather

A few links about Death Comes for the Archbishop:
The Cliffs Notes online
Times All-Time 100 Greatest Novels - Just a short paragraph
Wikipedia entry - keep in mind Wikipedia can be edited by anyone, the information is probably correct but there are no guarantees.

That's all I have for right now - if you have any ideas for additional links, please e-mail them to me. Thanks!

IMPORTANT: Book and Date Change for May!

Due to a group decision that East of Eden is too long to read this time of year, we are replacing Steinbeck with another classic American author:

Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop will be our choice for May 2007.

Also - don't forget that due to Memorial Day and my class schedule, our meeting for May is on a special day (thanks for being accomadating!):

Tuesday, May 29 at 7:30 in the church lounge

Unfortunately, the only discussion guide I could find was through a subscription database, so I will be unable to post a link to it. I will leave copies in the church Narthex on Sunday though and I will be posting some other links relating to Cather soon. The discussion guide I found was through Novelist, so if your local library carries the Novelist database you could also access the guide that way.

Thanks to everyone who came to the discussion tonight!

Book List in a PDF

PDFs can be seen but not edited. The advantage over Excel is that Adobe Reader 8 can be downloaded for free here: Free Adobe Reader 8

Following should be a link to the page where you can download the Book List PDF:

http://www.mediafire.com/?2maiwzzmoau

Mediafire has some annoying ads, but it provides free file hosting (without having to sign up) so that everyone can access this file.

About the Spreadsheet

This is a new feature I'm trying. We'll have to see how it works. Anyone can edit the spreadsheet. If you want to, you can also save it as an excel spreadsheet to keep at home. Keep an eye out for a pdf of the same information to be posted soon.

Book List in a Spreadsheet

Looking for Alaska Resources

Our next meeting is right around the corner on April 23 at 7:30 in the church lounge. April is traditionally our kids/teen month and this year we're reading Looking for Alaska by John Green.

For a little more information on the book and a preview of some of the discussion questions, you can check out the link to the Rhode Island Teen Book Award page or the official Penguin Reading Guide.

Visit John Green's official webpage for information from the author and check out this blog entry for a somewhat hazy explanation of why he has called Looking for Alaska Christian fiction (something we'll be discussing Monday).

Some interviews with John Green:
Teen Reads - short and focuses more on his second book An Abundance of Katherines
Pop Goes the Library - short
Rich F., Borders Employee - all about Looking for Alaska
Seven Impossible Things - The longest of the interviews with lots of links to related websites; the introduction is sort of strange, but if you're struggling with that just skip down to the actual interview.